Hydrogen sulfide in the endocrine and reproductive systems

Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-82

  Zhu, Xiao Yan ^a   Gu, Hang ^b   Ni, Xin ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adipose tissue; endocrine; hormone; hydrogen sulfide; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; pancreatic islets; reproduction; stress

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; DEXAMETHASONE; DISULFIDE; HORMONE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXYTOCIN; SILDENAFIL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STRESS; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 78650503537     PISSN: 17512433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ecp.10.125     Document Type: Review

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